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PARTNERS
PARTNERS, (etambraies, Fr.) certain pieces of plank nailed round the several scuttles, or holes, in a ship's deck, wherein are contained the masts and capsterns. They are used to strengthen the deck where it is weakened by those breaches, but particularly to support it when the mast leans against it; as impressed by a weight of sail, or when the capstern bears forcibly upon it whilst charged with a great effort.PARTNERS is also a name given occasionally to the scuttles themselves, wherein the masts and capstern are fixed.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 212, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0935.html